Priced Out
Competition for housing has driven up home prices to record levels across Massachusetts. Some of the biggest gains have happened in communities where residents can least afford to pay more. GBH News is exploring the impact in the series Priced Out: The fight for housing in Massachusetts.
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How college students squeeze Boston's rental market
Students renting off campus apartments have long impacted rental inventory and pricing, but with rising university enrollments and a regional housing crisis, some say addressing the shortage of dorms is urgent.
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Housing solution: turn old strip malls into new housing
Woburn added hundreds of new apartments to an old mall; planners say communities across Massachusetts could do the same.
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Once-abandoned mills are now home to thousands of Massachusetts residents
How Massachusetts became a model for turning industrial-era mills into modern housing.
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Forced out of his home, a Worcester man needed a lucky break to avoid homelessness
Dave Vespucci has fantasized about one thing for the past year: to relax in his reclining chair in a home he doesn’t have to worry about leaving.
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A lawsuit could force the state to help thousands of people with disabilities find housing
The high cost of housing is forcing thousands of people to live in nursing homes who could live on their own.
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What happens when you lose your home at 72?
The homeless population is aging, and though it's still mostly made up of men, two Massachusetts residents illustrate why more women are struggling to stay housed.
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Renters who do nothing wrong still get evicted. Should they have the chance to wipe their records clean?
Erasing prior evictions could help renters land apartments.
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An old playbook helps tenants stay housed, at least in the short term
Four years after a landlord first tried to evict her, Frances Amador remains in her East Boston apartment. Here’s how a tenant advocacy group empowered her.
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Rising rents fuel a migration of longtime Worcester residents to small towns
Housing advocates say it's eroding Worcester’s identity as a welcoming and affordable place to live.
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Massachusetts residents fight investors to keep mobile homes affordable
Mobile homes have become a pawn for investors, threatening their affordability. But residents are pushing back.
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How college students squeeze Boston's rental market
Students renting off campus apartments have long impacted rental inventory and pricing, but with rising university enrollments and a regional housing crisis, some say addressing the shortage of dorms is urgent. -
Housing solution: turn old strip malls into new housing
Woburn added hundreds of new apartments to an old mall; planners say communities across Massachusetts could do the same. -
Once-abandoned mills are now home to thousands of Massachusetts residents
How Massachusetts became a model for turning industrial-era mills into modern housing. -
Forced out of his home, a Worcester man needed a lucky break to avoid homelessness
Dave Vespucci has fantasized about one thing for the past year: to relax in his reclining chair in a home he doesn’t have to worry about leaving. -
A lawsuit could force the state to help thousands of people with disabilities find housing
The high cost of housing is forcing thousands of people to live in nursing homes who could live on their own. -
What happens when you lose your home at 72?
The homeless population is aging, and though it's still mostly made up of men, two Massachusetts residents illustrate why more women are struggling to stay housed. -
Renters who do nothing wrong still get evicted. Should they have the chance to wipe their records clean?
Erasing prior evictions could help renters land apartments. -
An old playbook helps tenants stay housed, at least in the short term
Four years after a landlord first tried to evict her, Frances Amador remains in her East Boston apartment. Here’s how a tenant advocacy group empowered her. -
Rising rents fuel a migration of longtime Worcester residents to small towns
Housing advocates say it's eroding Worcester’s identity as a welcoming and affordable place to live. -
Massachusetts residents fight investors to keep mobile homes affordable
Mobile homes have become a pawn for investors, threatening their affordability. But residents are pushing back.
